Template definition by Tetrahymena telomerase reverse transcriptase

EMBO Journal

Volumn 19, Issue 16, 2000, Pages 4412-4422

  Miller, Michael C ^a   Liu, Jesse K ^a   Collins, Kathleen ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Reverse transcriptase; RNP; Telomerase; TERT; Tetrahymena

Indexed keywords

RIBONUCLEOPROTEIN; RNA DIRECTED DNA POLYMERASE; TELOMERASE;

AMINO TERMINAL SEQUENCE; ARTICLE; CARBOXY TERMINAL SEQUENCE; NONHUMAN; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SITE DIRECTED MUTAGENESIS; TETRAHYMENA;

CILIOPHORA; TETRAHYMENA;

EID: 0034664006     PISSN: 02614189     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/emboj/19.16.4412     Document Type: Article

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